Several huge mines in Australia, where ore is shoveled into giant dump trucks, are now running those same trucks without drivers. Both BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, are purchasing more of these self driving giants from manufacturers Komatsu and Caterpillar. The gigantic trucks, 2 stories high and 500 tons fully loaded, shuttle back and forth […]

So much time and money has been invested in our current crop of high tech vehicles and yet we still drive on the same old roads, some type of concrete or asphalt providing a hard surface, though often little else. Studio Roosegaarde of the Netherlands is about to introduce smart highways in their country beginning […]

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